Vegetable-slicer.



E. W. HEKENDORN.

VEGETABLE S LICER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1916.

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EMIL W. I-IEKENDORN 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

VEGETABLE-SLIGER.

Application filed April 3, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL W. HEKENDORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vegetable-Slicers, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to a vegetable slicer and particularly to a device employing wire lengths for severing a given vegetable into slices of appropriate size and shape.

I am well aware that stretched wires have been employed to cut butter, cheese and doubtless other materials which do not offer too great a resistance. Generally, so far as my knowledge extends, such wires have been moved into engagement with the substances to be out.

The article embodying my invention is intended to be fixed or held stationary at an elevation sufiicient to permit the severed portions to fall through when a vegetable is pressed down from above.

Besides contriving a structure which is simple and economical of manufacture, I have had as an object to provide for the periodical tightening of the wire lengths in order to reestablish the parallel relationship which is naturally preferred in a slicer.

I would have it expressly understood that I in no wise limit myself to this specific application or embodiment of my invention, which I have selected as a basis for illustrating and describing my invention merely for the purpose of rendering a clear and comprehensive understanding of the scope and novel features thereof.

Adverting to the drawing-Figure I is a side elevation of a structural embodying invention. Fig. II is an end elevation of the same. Fig. III is a top plan view. Fig. IV is a broken view partly in section showing a modification of one detail. Fig. V is a plan view of Fig. IV.

Mounted upon a suitable base (1) is a standard (2) secured thereto'by means of screws (3) passing through base flanges (4:). Near the other end of the base (1) is another standard (5) provided with a back flange (6) adapted for movement along the base (1) as will now be described. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 191.6.

Serial No. 88,525.

two substantially parallel arms (11). That portion of the member (10) which connects the arms (11) is provided with a plurality of short studs (12) which are usually spaced therealong as clearly appears in Figs. II and III. The two extremities of the arms (11) are fashioned with sockets (13) in which two opposed projections (14), carried upon the upper end of the standard (5) and having complementarily curved surfaces are seated. The upper, outer side of the standard (5), which may be integral or otherwise as shown, is similarly provided with an equal number of studs (15), which are correspondingly spaced and arranged as are the studs (12). A wire (16) is wound back andfourth between the studs (12 and 15) as is clearly shown'in Fig. III. It will be apparent therefore that as the thumb nut (8) is tightened and the lower end of the standard (5) drawn toward it, the upper end of such standard will be rocked or tilted in a direction away from the extremities of the arms (11). This action contrives to tauten the wire (16) with any degree of tension desired.

It is preferable to have the wire lengths quite taut in order to maintain their parallel relationship and to the end of assuring the production of slices of nearly uniform thick ness. In operation a vegetable is preferably first boiled and'then simply pressed down upon the wire lengths (16) by hand so that the several slices fall through into a suitable container. My invention not only saves considerable time but the uniformity in thickness of the slices produced by its use is obviously desirable.

In the modification to which Figs. IV and V pertain, the tightening of the wire length (16) is merely effected in a different manner. The relative movement between the upper end of the movable standard (17 and the two extremities of the U-shaped frame (18) is here shown possible of accomplishing by means of thumb screws (19) passing through the upper corners of the standard (17) to bear against the extremities of the frame (18) and thus tend to effect a separation and consequently increase the tension in the wire lengths.

I claim 2+ 1. A vegetable slicer comprising a U- shaped frame provided along its interjacent portion with equally spaced projections, the free extremities of said frame being furthermore fashioned with sockets, a member extending across and having projecting surfaces seated in said sockets, said member having similarly spaced projections, wire lengths between said sets of projections respectively, means for tilting said member in said sockets whereby to increase the tension in said wire lengths.

2. A vegetable slicer comprising a frame including parts extending in the same general direction and also a connecting part, a member extending across the free ends of said first mentioned pair of frame parts and said ends, said ends and member having complementarily curved and opposed surfaces, a wire strung back and forth between said connecting part of the frame and said member, and means for effecting a relative action between said surfaces whereby to control the tension of said wire.

3. A vegetable slicer comprising a fixed and movable standard, a U-shaped frame including substantially parallel parts supported upon the fixed one of said standards and provided along itsinterjacent portion with a plurality of projections, a member carried said standards for controlling the tension of said wire lengths.

Signed by me, this 27th day of March,

EMIL W. I-IEKENDORN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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